Jessica Pegula’s Wimbledon dreams were ended on Tuesday afternoon by Coco Gauff.
Gauff, a two-time Grand Slam champion, booked her place in the semi-finals with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory over her Florida-born compatriot.
Gauff, who has already achieved her best-ever Wimbledon result, will play Naomi Osaka or Karolina Muchova in the last four.
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For Pegula, her wait to win a Grand Slam title goes on.
Jessica Pegula has squandered her best-ever opportunity to win a Grand Slam
Will Jessica Pegula ever win a Grand Slam title?
The chances of Pegula achieving that goal have decreased following the American’s defeat to Gauff in London.
Pegula had a tremendous opportunity to win her first major title prior to playing Gauff.
Pegula was the highest seed left in the draw [number four] following Aryna Sabalenka’s loss to Naomi Osaka on Sunday.
It is a rare instance when the world number one and two have exited a Grand Slam event before the quarter-finals – yet this situation has occurred in south-west London over the past fortnight.
Yet, Pegula has not been able to capitalise on the opportunity presented to her.
Pegula may go down as the best player to never have won a Grand Slam title – if she does not lift a major trophy before the end of her career.
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Who is left in the Wimbledon draw?
Coco Gauff will play in her first Wimbledon semi-final against Czechia’s Karolina Muchova later this week.
Muchova, who defeated Naomi Osaka in straight sets, has become only the fourth player competing for Czechia in the Open Era to make the women’s singles semi-finals at all four Grand Slams after Hana Mandlikova, Jana Novotna and Karolina Pliskova [reported by OptaAce].
Czechia are also now the country with the most women’s singles semi-finalists at Wimbledon since 2000, surpassing the USA.
Czech female semi-finalists at Wimbledon since 2000
- Barbora Krejcikova [won the 2024 title]
- Marketa Vondrousova [won the 2023 title]
- Karolina Pliskova [2021 finalist]
- Barbora Strycova
- Lucie Safarova
- Petra Kvitova [won the title in 2011 and 2014]
- Karolina Muchova
Marta Kostyuk and Jasmine Paolini will play each other in the third quarter-final match on Wednesday.
Linda Noskova and Elise Mertens will also compete for a last four spot on Wednesday.
